Jacobs said Ronca and McGeehen "say they will renovate them and fix them up as townhouses."

President Judge Alfred T. Williams Jr. authorized the sale by the estate of Benedict H. Birkel, a Bethlehem contractor who died in 1934. Jacobs represents the estate.

Jacobs said the sale permits a trust set up in Birkel's will to be dissolved. The trust was to be liquidated after the death of Birkel's lastsurviving child, which occurred about six months ago. The proceeds will be divided among 19 descendants - grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the lawyer said.